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@GKWCC #CEOP2P: I like to fix messy situations...just fixing them and not wasting time on "who screwed up".

by Rick Baker
On Mar 5, 2013

A related article…  Do you feel that fear of failure can effectively motivate?

The @GKWCC #P2P series of thought tweets contains ideas, quotes, & suggestions provided by local business leaders at "CEO Peer-to-Peer" group meetings, sponsored by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce.

The goals of the thought tweets: to help local business leaders and to promote the sharing of business thoughts.

The thoughts expressed are not opinions of the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce...they are opinions of local business leaders who are Chamber members and participate in the Chamber's CEO P2P program.

Thought Tweet #687

by Rick Baker
On Mar 5, 2013

Thought Tweet #687 People do not feel like "part of the team" when they are not contributing good work.


The Thinking Behind The Tweet

People only feel "part of the team" after they have contributed good work. Conversely, people do not feel like "part of the team" when they are not contributing good work. There is a correlation and a direct relationship between feelings and work quality. 

And people know it.

And people show it.

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Do we need to suppress our emotions at work?

by Rick Baker
On Mar 5, 2013

The quick answer is - Yes.

Here's one explanation...

Anger is a consequence of the ‘fight-or-flight’ mechanisms that come with having a body and a brain. Anger is a protection-emotion that comes with physiological changes – adrenalin and clenched hands, as examples. Human beings share this ‘old brain’ & physiological stuff with other creatures. Compared to other creatures, human beings possess a larger, more-complicated, and more-powerful brain.

Our human brains have allowed us to be advanced - knowledge-wise, technology-wise, etc. – and they have allowed us to be social.

‘Being social’ has allowed us to exchange share value, in numerous forms.

‘Being social’ has allowed us to build things of tremendous value for ourselves and others. 

'Being social' has come with a price; if we want to be business leaders or if we want to play the social game well, there is a ‘social price’.

That being-social price is...

Successful human beings must possess 2 defining qualities – Intelligence and Self-Control.

So, to maximize our success in business we need to illustrate to others we have both intelligence and self-control.

Control of anger is one aspect of self-control. When we illustrate the ability to control anger other intelligent people view that as a positive attribute of character, worth emulating, worth following.

So...

PS: Anger succeeds as a communication force when it generates fear…but typically, fear does not create extraordinary work or sustained performance. Sometimes anger succeeds as a communication force when it triggers anger in the other person and that anger in turn triggers self-motivation. But, this rarely is constructive.

PPS: Physiologically speaking, anger is accompanied by a redirection of blood flow…and not to the prefrontal cortex where executive thinking happens.

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